McCain chose Carnegie Mellon as the venue for the unveiling of his economic plan. On the surface, that’s great for us - students of all parties had a chance to ooh and ah before a man that may lead the country. Still, we have to wonder what McCain’s speech even had to do with Carnegie Mellon.

Hailing Sen. Barack Obama’s “outside perspective,” the University of Pittsburgh’s student newspaper on Monday endorsed the Illinois Democrat for Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary.

As it turns out, your nostalgia for frequent field trips isn’t unfounded. And while you remember fondly when you used to go to museums or state parks, a class at Randolph College in Virginia is doing one better - it went to a brothel.

If the university intends to arbitrarily deny students the right to assemble, they should make sure to inform officers of which policy is allegedly violated. It is a student’s First Amendment right to protest, even if it’s something the university doesn’t want to hear.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has promised to kill a bill that would provide legal immunity to chronically ill patients who use marijuana as a means of medicinal relief. Pawlenty is letting the war on drugs and conventional wisdom cloud the real objective of the bill: To offer relief and protection to patients suffering from conditions like cancer and AIDS who can’t find pain reduction in other medications.

Citing her “yes we can” and “how we can” attitude, the Daily Pennsylvanian’s editorial board endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential primary.